peer-reviewed research article
Effects of fumigating crops with hydrogen sulfide or sulfur dioxide
authors
C. Ray Thompson, UC Riverside
Gerrit Kats, UC Riverside
Robert W. Lennox, UC Riverside
publication information
California Agriculture 33(3):9-10. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v033n03p9.
Summary
Varying amounts of H2S and SO2 caused varying effects on lettuce, sugarbeets, cotton, and alfalfa—from increasing fresh weight to causing severely reduced growth. The addition of CO2 to high concentrations of fumigants overcame growth depression.
author affiliations
C. Ray Thompson is Research Chemist, Statewide Air Pollution Research Center, UC, Riverside; Gerrit Kats is Staff Research Associate IV, Statewide Air Pollution Research Center, UC, Riverside; Robert W. Lennox is Staff Research Associate II, Statewide Air Pollution Research Center, UC, Riverside.
author notes
The authors wish to acknowledge financial support of this study from National Science Foundation Grant, RANN 75-15711, and Energy Research and Development Administration Grant 3452303, Prime Contract W-7405-ENG-48.
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